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PARIS, April 13 - Frenchman Lucien Laurent, who
scored the first goal in World Cup history, died on Monday aged
97, sports daily L'Equipe reported on Wednesday.
A left winger, Laurent scored in the 19th minute in France's
4-1 defeat of Mexico in Montevideo on July 13, 1930.
"I did not realise it was the first World Cup goal ever
scored," he once said in an interview with French soccer
magazine France Football.
"When I scored this goal, I was just simply happy."
Laurent was one of the first players to switch clubs,
playing for nine teams in a 25-year career.
'Little Lulu', as he was nicknamed, scored twice in 10
appearances for France between 1930 and 1935.
He earned his first monthly salary of 2,200 old francs
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